Key Terms for Lectures 1-3 (most likely in bold in chapters and in Glossary on p387)

Chronobiology
Daily vs. Circadian
Ultradian, circalunar, circannual, etc
Oscillator (5 criteria)
Pacemaker vs. “Clock”
Input (to the clock)
Output (of the clock)
Overt rhythm (hands of the clock)
Gears of the clock (mole components)
Slave oscillators
Interval Timer (Hourglass, Homeostasis)

Temperature Compensation
Model species (Common and Latin names and their prototypical rhythms)
Clock mutant
Diurnal/ Nocturnal

Free-run
Arrhythmia
Masking
Entrainment (e.g., photoentrainment)
Zeitgeber
Phase response curve (PRC)
Limit cycle
Aschoff’s rule
LD, DD, LL
Full vs. Skeleton photoperiod
T cycle
Range of entrainment (limits of entrainment)

Actogram (double-plotted)
Amplitude
Period
Phase (marker)
Phase shift (delay and advance)
Phase angle of entrainment
Phase angle difference
CT vs ZT vs Clock Time
CT of activity onset for diurnal and nocturnal animals
Waveform (alpha and rho)
Subjective Day vs. Subjective Night